Blake Edwards

Blake Edwards was born on Jul 26, 1922 in USA. Blake Edwards's big-screen debut came with Panhandle directed by Lesley Selander in 1948. Blake Edwards is known for Victor/Victoria directed by Matthew Diamond, Julie Andrews stars as Victor and Tony Roberts as Carol Todd (Toddy). Blake Edwards has got 22 awards and 26 nominations so far. The most recent award Blake Edwards achieved is Online Film & Television Association. The upcoming new movie Blake Edwards plays is The Pink Panther 2 which will be released on Feb 06, 2009.

Blake Edwards' stepfather's father J. Gordon Edwards was a silent screen director, and his stepfather Jack McEdward was a stage director and movie production manager. Blake acted in a number films, beginning with Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) and wrote a number of others, beginning with Panhandle (1948) and including six for director Richard Quine. He created the popular TV series Peter Gunn (1958), Mr. Lucky (1959) and Dante (1960). He directed a diverse body of films, from comedies to dramas to war films to westerns, including such pictures as Operation Petticoat (1959), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Experiment in Terror (1962), Days of Wine and Roses (1962), The Pink Panther (1963) and A Shot in the Dark (1964). After The Great Race (1965) he began fighting with studios. In England he surfaced again with The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), then went back to Hollywood and a real hit, 10 (1979). Victor/Victoria (1982) won him French and Italian awards for Best Foreign Film.